JONATHAN JANSEN | Arthur and Cyril’s teachers must have taught deflection well
It’s a pity our education department relies on parrot-fashion teaching rather than doing the same
08 June 2022 - 20:54
If you attended a good school, your teacher would have spent some time teaching you the art of asking a good question. To begin with, she would at various points have said “there is no such thing as a stupid question”. (There is, actually, but that’s a story for another day.) The idea is, of course, to encourage young people to be fearless in asking questions and that is a good thing...
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